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Subject:RE: When a "shim" is not a "shim" (an aside) From:MList -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:18:49 -0400
> Depends on the circumstances I guess.
>
> One of our (written by a consultant) documents includes the
> now legendary
> command that "PRODUCTX users should use hash."
>
> (Hash = slang term for marijuana)
Actually, it's short for hashish.
In our industry, everybody would recognize "hash" first as a
function performed on a blob of data. You'd hafta nudge 'em
with a brick to get them to think in terms of something that's
smoked... or added to brownies. Mmmm.... brownies.
/kevin
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